The Southern Ibo use contrasting masks to represent the maiden spirit and the elephant spirit, the latter representing ugliness and aggression and the former representing beauty and peacefulness.
This is the Ibo spiritual mask.
The masks, of wood or fabric, are employed in a variety of dramas: social satires, sacred rituals
The Igbo use thousands of masks, which incarnate unspecified spirits of the dead
This is a head dress of a traditional Igbo person.
The Igbo are very appreciative of music, dance, and visual art.
They will try to find birthmarks on new born babies within the extended family.
Taboos helped reduce the abuse of environment among the tribe
The altar statues called ikengaare are sculpted from hard wood. They include a pair of horns, identified as the horns of a ram who “fights with his head."
Public festivals now include Christmas and Independence Day.
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